Cape Cod...where's the sun?

So, we started our summer adventure this past weekend. We headed down with a full van on Friday with the expectation of several weeks of beach fun. Mother Nature had a little something else in mind.

Doug and the kids did get a chance to get to the beach on Saturday for a bit. That was the day that I had to go shopping, get the kids unpacked, make sure that Liam stayed down for a nap...and so on, and so on. So I didn't make it down there at all. I think that the sun is angry with me for that! It hasn't shown itself since. On Sunday, we started the day with breakfast and wishing Daddy a Happy Father's Day. He enjoyed his gifts and Nolan proved that kids listen and repeat EVERYTHING!! We got him a Red Sox garden gnome and Nolan said "Hey you can put it out front of the trailer, once you pull those bushes out!!" Oh well! We did get to spend a lot of time outside playing, biking, etc. Until the winter wind blew in off the ocean and sent us indoors, for two days!!!

Monday dawned wet and dreary. The wind was whipping this way and that and I was sure that any moment we would be flying through the sky and would end our journey by landing on a witch and following that yellow brick road. We stayed inside most of the morning. I never knew how happy I (and therefore my kids) would be with the somewhat modern convenience of a working VCR!! The rain cleared a bit in the afternoon which allowed us a couple of hours outside. Then dinner and the boredom overtook the kids. They decided to play tiger and apparently their imaginations were not quite enough for that game. A few swipes of the marker and they had been transformed into tigers!! Nothing a little scrub-a-dub wouldn't fix! Baths and bedtime soon followed.

Today, the day dawned wet and wild again. I found Liam's little bike across the street next to a swim tube and the American flag was not doing well either!! We spent the morning inside, watching movies and playing. After lunch, we headed out to Christmas Tree Shop, which the twins found to be a fascinating store. A couple more errands and it was back to the campground for the Connolly family. We decided to take a drive around the park, just on the chance that some people had decided to brave the weather and arrive today. We found Sue and the girls and decided to tag along on their bowling trip. The kids had a blast, even though they don't quite get that everybody gets a turn. They'll learn eventually, right? We ended the night with dinner and a visit to Sue and company.

We are expecting visitors tomorrow! Trish and the boys should be arriving sometime in the afternoon.